STEVENS POINT – The new year will bring new leadership to Skyward in Stevens Point.

Cliff King, the current Skyward CEO will retire at the end of the year, moving to a part-time role on the company’s board of directors. Scott Glinski, the current president, will become Skyward’s CEO beginning Jan. 1. Skyward’s chief marketing officer, Ray Ackerlund will fill the president position to replace Glinski.

Glinski has worked at Skyward for 31 years, served as president since 2008 and has experience overseeing day-to-day operations of every department. Ackerlund has 22 years of experience at the company through sales, marketing and product vision.

All three men led the company through numerous milestones over the last few decades at the Stevens Point-based administrative software company. Most recently, Skyward received a top state award for its connection to young professionals. NEWaukee and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. presented Skyward with a 2018 Bubbler Award, as one of 10 businesses recognized for their ability to establish a leading workplace culture for millennials.

At the award ceremony in May, Glinski said he’s proud of the workplace culture and credited a lot of it to the employees.

Skyward was established in 1980 as Jim King & Associates and began working with schools by providing administration software and student information systems. The company changed its name to Skyward in 1994 and now has branches in Illinois and Texas, along with two Wisconsin sites. Its headquarters is in Stevens Point.

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NEWaukee and WEDC awarded Skyward a 2018 Bubbler Award for its efforts to establish a leading workplace culture for young professionals.
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